Handling ARM_ERRATA_364296 when CONFIG_SMP=y

Willy Tarreau w at 1wt.eu
Mon Jul 8 17:10:40 EDT 2013


Hi Fabio,

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 05:29:34PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Willy,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu> wrote:
> 
> > Or maybe fix the config so that it does not force SMP on a CPU which
> > only exists as a single core ?
> 
> The original config is imx_v6_v7_defconfig and it selects by default
> both mx6 (quad core) and other single core CPUs.
> 
> That's the reason why CONFIG_SMP=y for this config by default.

OK, so if it's just a default, it's not really a problem, I understand
better now. So probably your solution to make the workaround not depend
on !SMP makes sense.

Regards,
Willy




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